calmincense
2013-07-15, 03:04
Can Spybot (free version) and Microsoft Security Essentials run together, on the same machine, is it healthy, or necessary? ( I apologize if this is not in the correct area of the forums)
I am in between av programs atm, so I was using MSE for an interim program. I have used PC DR for years, but they are making some career changes and will no longer provide av services, and are moving all their customers to Nortons. I was not happy about that, so I checked into good av software and found BidDefender, paid for it, dl it and I was not happy with it at all.
I think I have a virus on my machine. The only av software that found anything was MSE, the second day it was running, and the virus it found was Blacole. However, in the process of me trying to tell MSE to remove that virus, something, maybe the virus, stopped MSE and wouldn't let me turn it back on.
Anyway, it's been h*ll, but I finally got MSE to work again, BUT, it seems to not be TRULY running, like it's giving me false info. So, I dl spybot, ran it, and now I am having strange things happen....maybe because I have MSE running too?? I don't want to have to worry about this stuff lol I just want to PAY and have confidence.
I need some help. I would LOVE to just BUY some av software and be DONE and no longer worried about my system, as I had been for many years with PC DR. I paid every year, they made sure things were good.
Is that no longer possible? What do you guys think I need to do now? I would be happy to purchase this software, but I feel I got burned by the last purchase of BidDefender, a month or so ago, and I fear just having to keep moving on to other vendors and not feeling protected.
calmincense
I am in between av programs atm, so I was using MSE for an interim program. I have used PC DR for years, but they are making some career changes and will no longer provide av services, and are moving all their customers to Nortons. I was not happy about that, so I checked into good av software and found BidDefender, paid for it, dl it and I was not happy with it at all.
I think I have a virus on my machine. The only av software that found anything was MSE, the second day it was running, and the virus it found was Blacole. However, in the process of me trying to tell MSE to remove that virus, something, maybe the virus, stopped MSE and wouldn't let me turn it back on.
Anyway, it's been h*ll, but I finally got MSE to work again, BUT, it seems to not be TRULY running, like it's giving me false info. So, I dl spybot, ran it, and now I am having strange things happen....maybe because I have MSE running too?? I don't want to have to worry about this stuff lol I just want to PAY and have confidence.
I need some help. I would LOVE to just BUY some av software and be DONE and no longer worried about my system, as I had been for many years with PC DR. I paid every year, they made sure things were good.
Is that no longer possible? What do you guys think I need to do now? I would be happy to purchase this software, but I feel I got burned by the last purchase of BidDefender, a month or so ago, and I fear just having to keep moving on to other vendors and not feeling protected.
calmincense